Platelet Transfusion Practice during Dengue Fever Epidemic

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Dhingra Kumar, Neelam ^a,b   Tomar, Vibha ^a   Singh, Bharat ^a   Kela, Kusum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b 301 SFS DDA Hauz Khas Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Audit of platelet transfusion; Blood utilisation review; Medical audit; Platelet transfusion practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENGUE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842708961     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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